WASHINGTON – The House of Representatives last night voted 227-183, mostly on party lines, to condemn leaks of classified secrets, such as the terror-money tracking program recently outed by The New York Times.

The resolution didn’t cite the newspaper by name, but was clearly meant as a slap at the Gray Lady; an earlier version specifically blasted the Times, but was modified by Republican leaders.

An even tougher Senate resolution has been drafted by Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), urging prosecution of whoever tipped the Times off to the highly classified program, whose future may now be in doubt because of European objections.

Times critics have noted that prosecuting the leakers would likely result in prosecutors demanding that reporters name whoever leaked the top-secret material – or face jail if they balk.